Question for Digger Owners

[nrctpaXpres]

the links for tires we found no longer exists (from last spring) they were 1/10 buggy pin spikes pick the one with the most forward bite

[carcrusher]

well measure them and see what they are

i'd have to have them ordered since every track in the area runs taper pins. i'm hoping goosebumps will work since somewhere might have them but there's no way to measure a set of buggy tires until they're mounted up since the foams and wheels make the tire profile rounder, making the diameter larger.

[nrctpaXpres]

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDX75&P=ML

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXTTB5&P=ML
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXDX82&P=ML
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXTTB5&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUFB0&P=7 (goosebumps)
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNPW6&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNPX0&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNPX5&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVYD4&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNPX7&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDX75&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXYWA3&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDX82&P=7

go to tech notes it will give you the diameters some of these are 3.5 on the button some are a little smaller this will give you an idea

[nrctpaXpres]

some guys are still using the v tread proline buggy tires too there are a couple different brands out there they are out of production but are still around.

[carcrusher]

what i meant joe is that the diameters listed in the specs of the tires online don't usually match up since the measurements are taken while the tire is unmounted. when mounted, most buggy tires gain anywhere from 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch in diameter so there's no way to say whether or not something will work until it's bought and mounted up. most of the tires listed are at 3.5, just like the tlt's but once mounted on rims, with the foams, they will be taller and thus illegal if they take an "actual measurement" versus the "listed measurement" - a guy told me he had some of the older v-treads for sale in my original digger thread but after multiple attempts to contact him about them i never got a response.


i did find a set of hole shots on kyosho rims that i have that come in at 3.32 though so i guess i'll have to make due for the super pull and hope that the track is super dry

[nrctpaXpres]

I think that is what i am using I have a red pair of the v treads someplace in the cellar...but pins are better most of the time

[nrctpaXpres]

the whole trick with the digger is "steering it" with the hitch point you have to move it towards the motor side about 3/16 of an inch .....you don't have the hitch in the middle..... you have to dink with it to make it pull straight

[carcrusher]

ah i didn't know the point could be moved back and forth - i figured we just hitched up in between the two wheelie bar rollers. if i get motivated enough i'll cut down the rollers so they can be shifted around.